FSA Science Review 2

For her science fair project, Marcy is investigating how levels of carbon dioxide affect plant growth. Which of the following is most important? 

• She needs to make sure her results match her predictions.
• She needs to make sure that her results contain both words and numbers.
• She needs to make sure that the explanation of her results is based on evidence. 
• She needs to make sure her results get published so that everyone can read them.

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How are the characteristic of a tiger different from an alligator

• Both animals are vertebrates

• Both are carnivores and consumers

• The tiger lives on land and the alligator lives on land and in the water

• The tiger is a reptile and the alligator is a mammal

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Marc notices that when he looks at stars at night, some appear to be brighter than others. Which three factors affect how bright a star appears to an observer on Earth?

• The star's color, size, and distance from the Earth
• The star's energy, size, and temperature
• The star's size, temperature, and distance from Earth
• The star's movement, distance from Earth, and gravity. 

Which answer correctly explains the difference between sleet and hail?

• Sleet is usually part of a thunderstorm, and hail comes from layers of rain clouds.
• Sleet is smaller than hail and usually falls in the winter, while hail usually falls in the summer. 
• Sleet and hail are the same except that sleet usually falls in summer and hail usually falls in winter.
• Sleet is snow that forms as it falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes when it hits the ground. 

Magnets have a negative and positive pole. What happens if you try to touch the positive ends of two magnets together?

• The positive poles will repel each other.
• The positive poles will be attracted to each other
• The positive poles will neither attract nor repel each other
• The positive poles will create gravity and attract other objects

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Philip is playing tug of war with Nancy. They both understand that to win the game of tug of war, one player must pull the flag over their opponent's line, but during this game the flag at the center of the rope is not moving.
What is happening to the rope?

• Philip is applying more force in one direction.
• Nancy is applying more force in one direction.
• Philip and Nancy are applying equal forces in the same direction.
• Philip and Nancy are applying equal forces in opposite directions.

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Heat flows in which direction?

• From solid objects to liquids
• from larger objects to smaller objects
• from warmer objects to cooler objects
• from more dense objects to less dense objects

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Which of the following materials would be a poor conductor of electricity?

• alumninum
• copper
• rubber
• steel

Two Florida animals are the American bittern and the Key deer. The bittern is a bird that has a buff and brown colored back that allows it to blend in with the sawgrass of the lakes it lives near. When it feels threatened, the bittern freezes and points its head skyward to resemble a reed. The Key deer is brown in color, lives in the forest, and freezes when it feels threatened.
How do these two animals use similar adaptations in order to survive in their very different environments?

• Both the bittern and the deer use their small size to hide from approaching predators.
• Both animals live in groups and huddle together with their family for protection from predators.
• Both animals use their coloring and lack of big movement to avoid being seen by predators. 
• Both the bittern and the deer use the movement of trees and bushes around them to distract predators.

What is the purpose of the kidneys in the human body?

• Kidneys mix blood and oxygen together
• Kidneys store unwanted fluids until they can be removed
• Kidneys help to clean the oxygen that comes from the lungs
• Kidneys help balance the salts and acids in the body by filtering blood and removing excess water.